Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 From Polygamy to Monogamy in Judaism
- 2 The Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy in the Church Fathers
- 3 Polygamy in the Laws of State and Church in the First Millennium
- 4 The Medieval Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy
- 5 Polygamous Experiments in Early Protestantism
- 6 The Calvinist Case Against Polygamy and Its Civil Law Influence
- 7 The English Case Against Polygamy: Theology, Politics, and the Early Modern Common Law
- 8 The Early Modern Liberal Case for Polygamy
- 9 The Liberal Enlightenment Case Against Polygamy
- 10 The American Case Against Polygamy
- Concluding Reflections
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical Citations
- General Index
9 - The Liberal Enlightenment Case Against Polygamy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 From Polygamy to Monogamy in Judaism
- 2 The Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy in the Church Fathers
- 3 Polygamy in the Laws of State and Church in the First Millennium
- 4 The Medieval Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy
- 5 Polygamous Experiments in Early Protestantism
- 6 The Calvinist Case Against Polygamy and Its Civil Law Influence
- 7 The English Case Against Polygamy: Theology, Politics, and the Early Modern Common Law
- 8 The Early Modern Liberal Case for Polygamy
- 9 The Liberal Enlightenment Case Against Polygamy
- 10 The American Case Against Polygamy
- Concluding Reflections
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical Citations
- General Index
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- The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy , pp. 348 - 388Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015